{"id":5261,"date":"2020-05-29T10:10:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T10:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/twitch-streamer-xqc-gets-trolled-by-chess-game-giving-him-grandmaster-rank"},"modified":"2024-07-22T02:01:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T02:01:55","slug":"twitch-streamer-xqc-gets-trolled-by-chess-game-giving-him-grandmaster-rank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/twitch-streamer-xqc-gets-trolled-by-chess-game-giving-him-grandmaster-rank","title":{"rendered":"Twitch streamer xQc gets trolled by Chess game giving him Grandmaster rank"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chess has seen a huge resurgence in popularity in one of the most unlikely places – Twitch. Part of it is thanks to variety streamer Félix “xQc” Lengyel, whose massive following has sprouted the game’s renaissance.<\/p>\n

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Like many people trying out their luck in chess for the first time, xQc isn’t particularly gifted, but his determination to improve has yielded some favourable results, even impressing Chess Olympiad gold medalist (and also streamer<\/a>) Hikaru Nakamura.<\/p>\n

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